HOUSTON - Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin would like to make Lake Houston Area residents aware Houston Public Works, Coastal Water Authority, and San Jacinto River Authority have been working together closely over the last 24 hours watching the local forecasts. This morning based on the forecast of 2" to 5" inches of rain within the San Jacinto Watershed, the Lake Houston Spillway Dam flashboard gates and tainter gates have been opened. Property owners should make arrangements to secure boats and other items along the shoreline.
Houston Public Works will keep the flashboard and tainter gates open throughout the inclement weather and Coastal Water Authority will continue storm operations allowing the inflow to pass through Lake Houston until the weather threat concludes. The major threat expected with this existing inclement weather pattern is high winds, please make sure to secure all outdoor furniture and items which have the potential to become projectiles in winds exceeding 20 mph.
Lake Houston is currently at 42.39 ft, normal pool is 42.4 ft. Lake Houston lake levels may be monitored by visiting www.coastalwaterauthority.org. Lake Conroe is currently 200.69 ft, their normal pool of 201 ft. Lake Conroe lake levels can be monitored by visiting www.sjra.net. There is no reason at this time for lowering from Lake Conroe to occur and future releases from Lake Conroe in response to this event are not expected.
Please utilize these resources to make sure you and your family are prepared and have signed up to receive alerts from AlertHouston.
Great Resources:
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Harris County Flood Control District's Flood Warning System: Track rainfall amounts and monitors water levels in bayous and major streams on a real-time basis here: https://www.harriscountyfws.org/
To stay updated on lake levels, please visit:
The District E office will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates as they become available. For real-time alerts, please visit https://houstonemergency.org/alerts/ and http://www.weather.gov/hgx/. Thank you to our partners with Houston Public Works, Coastal Water Authority, and San Jacinto River Authority for their work in keeping residents of District E and surrounding communities safe.
For more information, please contact Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin's office at (832) 393-3008 or districte@houstontx.gov.
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